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Councihnember Cook commented they do not want to get in the situation where there are not enough accesses. He noted his wife will not go to certain grocery stores because of poor ingress/egress. Motion by Councilmember Cook, second by Councilmember Elvig, to approve the preliminary site plan for the Cobom's grocery store in the proposed plat of Ramsey Town Center 3rd Addition contingent upon the following: a) Compliance with City Staff Review Letter dated July 9, 2004, Revised July 23, 2004; b) obtaining a variance to the floor area ratio requirements on the proposed Lot 1, Ramsey Town Center 3rd Addition; c) obtaining a variance to the restriction of multiple main buildings on a lot. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Cook, Elvig, Kurak, Pearson, Strommen, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #18: Request for Preliminary Site Plan Review of Town Center 3~a Addition, Corner Retail Building; Case of Ramdance LLC Community Development Director Frolik indicated the site plan for the comer retail building of Town Center 3''~ Addition generally conforms to the Town Center Development Guidelines. There are no public parks identified for this sub-district and small group sitting areas and a mixture of plantings and pavement are encouraged. The north and east elevations of the retail building include foundation plantings and pedestrian benches. This is a very desirable feature and should be carried through to the interior side of the building that faces the parking lot, where there is more potential for pedestrian traffic. The building includes the same mix of architecture as the Coborns building. The guidelines recommend that 35 percent of ground level street front facades be glass openings. The amount of glazing on the north wall (Sunwood Drive side) and the east wall (Zeolite Street side) is 35 percent and 21 percent, respectively. The final site plan should increase the glass openings on the Zeolite Street side to meet the 35 percent requirement. Staff and the Planning Commission recommend approval of the preliminary site plan contingent upon compliance with the City Staff Review Letter and the July 12 discussion of the Planning Commission. Councilmember Cool( commended the developer on the diagrams they presented. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, second by Councilmember Kurak, to approve the preliminary site plan for the corner retail building in the proposed plat of Ramsey Town Center 3rd Addition contingent upon the following: a) Compliance with City Staff Review Letter dated July 9, 2004, except that there lnay be adjustments to the placement of the additional 39 trees required in the Landscape Plan, as well as possible phasing of plant installation; b) obtaining a variance to the floor area ratio requirements on the proposed Lot 1, Ramsey Town Center 3~a Addition; c) obtaining a variance to the restriction of multiple main buildings on a lot; d) approval of the easterly right-in/right-out access onto Sunwood Drive N.W. and elimination of the public access proposed at the corner of Zeolite and Civic Center Drive. City Council/July 27, 2004 Page 32 of 35